Archive for 'Leadership'

This teaching thing is still a little new to me. I read a ton and study my tail off trying to a) make sure what I’m teaching is Biblically & historically accurate and b) have some fresh new perspective that keeps people’s interest so no one is snoring in the middle of a sermon (though I’ve got plans to stash a water gun on stage just in case someone does).

But no matter how much I read or how much ...

In the past, I’ve found myself always wanting people to watch me do it then mimic what I did. It was how I directed theater. It was how I taught songs to people who couldn’t read music. It’s what I do when my wife has a problem on the computer thinking she can learn in 60 seconds what I’ve learned over many years. This is not teaching. This is demonstration. This is learning by rote. This critical step sets ...

This video fascinates me. I’ve watched it several times. I want to know how do utilize these ideas to impact the Church.

The Jesus Juke is to throw in the line about “making the world a better place only comes by knowing Jesus.”

But I want to know how to connect with people who have jobs, crazy busy schedules, sports practices for the kids, multiple hobbies, ...

That’s what I used to tell myself. I just wanted to be on stage. I wanted to make people laugh or cry or clap and then I wanted to hang out in the green room till everyone was gone.

At the end of my senior year of high school, I remember having a conversation with the theater teacher who told me, “it doesn’t matter if I want to be a leader or not, you are one and people are going to ...

I love to read. I want to read more so I started a virtual book club. Want to join? Here is the book we are reading:

In My Place Condemned He Stood: Celebrating the Glory of the Atonement by J.I. Packer and Mark Dever

Here’s the plan:

1. You’re on your own to get the book.
2. On first day of each month at 8pm, we will meet together (via video or telephone conference for those who can’t meet in person).
3. Everyone is to bring at ...
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We’ve are a volunteer driven church from the top down. Which means, we need people to step up and serve everywhere from cleaning windows, to playing in the band, to changing pooped diapers, to helping people use our complicated coffee machines. Every role requires a different kind of leader.

Strong leaders are always looking for ways to improve their strengths and their areas of influence. Less capable leaders settle or remain satisfied with what they can handle with very little effort ...